I am desperate, pleeeease help me

[Guest]

Please forgive me.

 

I have not spent hours but days reading various threads on "Parse Errors" but nothing has helped me and I am so desperate I am about to throw my computer out of the door.

 

I have been trying to edit the main page of my catalogue and keep getting parse errors. So, I tried something different. Reloaded the original file "/catalog/includes/languages/english/index.php and got everything back to normal.

 

I opened the file and saved it withouth making any changes whatsoever and this is what I get:

 

"Parse error: parse error, unexpected '?' in /home/down2ear/public_html/osCommerce/catalog/includes/languages/english/index.php on line 13"

 

and I haven't even changed anything. So I tried a few other files which I need to edit as well. They all give me different parse errors in different places.

 

I am not an IT fundi (I actually barely understand the language at all) so I don't have a clue how to go about fixing these errors - if I don't change anything how do I know where to look for a fault.

 

I tried downloading a PHP editing package which was recommended on the Forum but because I don't have a clue how to use it, it is actually quite useless.

 

I have even tried some of the files on the contributions site, but a lot of them require you make changes in the original file, which does not help if the original file gives me errors.

 

Please, please, please help me - my whole site is basically set up, I just need to take out the default info on the main page and change the colouring.

[♥Monika in Germany]

show your file!

 

also, are you using the latest version of osC? You're not editing your files through osC file manager if you have an older version?

[Guest]

Hi Monika

 

Thank you so much for responding.

 

I'm currently using osCommerce 2.2-MS2.

 

I have been editing the files through the File Manager but not through osC File Manager. If I try to edit anything through osC File Manager it gives me a permission error and I'm not sure how to change the setting.

 

Sorry - I know I'm being a bit of a pain here but I am really stupid when it comes to these things and I didn't realise that it made a difference.

 

How do I change the permissions on the files so that I can edit them through osC File Manager?

[Guest]

I have managed to work out how to change the permissions on the file and have deleted the default text in the main page.

 

I now get this error: Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/down2ear/public_html/osCommerce/catalog/includes/languages/english/index.php on line 19

 

This is what my file currently looks like:

 

<?php

/*

$Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:38:00 hpdl Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'new text to be added once I have worked this one out');

define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');

define('TABLE_HEADING_DATE_EXPECTED', 'Date Expected');

 

if ( ($category_depth == 'products') || (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) ) {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let's See What We Have Here');

define('TABLE_HEADING_IMAGE', '');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MODEL', 'Model');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS', 'Product Name');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURER', 'Manufacturer');

define('TABLE_HEADING_QUANTITY', 'Quantity');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRICE', 'Price');

define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Weight');

define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS2', 'There is no product available from this manufacturer.');

define('TEXT_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS', 'Number of Products: ');

define('TEXT_SHOW', '<b>Show:</b>');

define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 '');

define('TEXT_NOW', '' now');

define('TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES', 'All Categories');

define('TEXT_ALL_MANUFACTURERS', 'All Manufacturers');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'top') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What's New Here?');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Categories');

}

?>

[♥Monika in Germany]

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What's New Here?');

 

 

should be

 

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What\'s New Here?');

[Guest]

Dear Monika

 

Thank you very much for your help.

 

I corrected that apostrope and found another one which I changed. Then it gave me an encapsed string error and I actually managed to find the error and fixed it.

 

My main page is working.

 

Sometimes we dummies just need to know what to look for, so when I ask a dumn question again, just point me in the right direction again.

 

Once again, thanks a ton.

[♥Monika in Germany]

if you're not using the Nov13 version of osC MS2.2 then by no way should you use the inbuilt file manager - it creates parse errors just like those you got.